Zach LaVine Earns Second Team Honors sota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins has been named to the 2014-15 NBA All-Rookie First Team while guard Zach LaVine has been named to the 2014-15 All-Rookie Second Team, the NBA announced earlier today. Wiggins was the lone unanimous choice, receiving 130 First Team votes.
Wiggins
led all qualified rookies in scoring with 16.9 ppg, and was 4th in
steals (1.05 spg) and 5th in rebounding (4.6 rpg). He was the only
rookie, and one of just 11 players, to start all 82 games this season
and finished with a Wolves rookie record 2969 minutes played,
second-most in the NBA (James Harden, 2981). Wiggins finished the season
strong by averaging 23.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in April.
Wiggins was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month four times
this season, becoming the first player in Wolves history to earn the
honor multiple times. He tallied a rookie-leading 31 20+ point games
this season, the most such games by a rookie since Damian Lillard in
2012-13.
LaVine
averaged 10.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 3.6 apg in 77 games (40 starts),
shooting 42.2% from the field, 34.1% from three-point range and 84.2%
from the line (good for 30th in the NBA). He finished 2nd among rookies
in assists, 4th in scoring and 1st in FT accuracy. LaVine set the
franchise rookie single-game scoring record when he tallied 37 points
April 11 at Golden State, surpassing the 35 points scored by Christian
Laettner vs. Boston on Dec. 15, 1992. LaVine scored a game-high 22
points in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge as part of All-Star Weekend in
New York, and then won the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest the following
night.
The
voting panel consisted of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout
the United States and Canada who were asked to select five players for
the first team and five players for the second team, regardless of
position. Two points were awarded for first team votes and one for
second team votes.
Wiggins
joins Pooh Richardson, Christian Laettner, Isaiah Rider, Stephon
Marbury, Wally Szczerbiak, Randy Foye and Ricky Rubio as Wolves rookies
to earn All-Rookie First Team honors.
LaVine
joins Felton Spencer, Kevin Garnett, Craig Smith, Kevin Love, Jonny
Flynn, Wes Johnson, Derrick Williams and Gorgui Dieng as Wolves rookies
to earn All-Rookie Second Team honors.
Below are the 2014-15 NBA All-Rookie First and Second Teams:
2014-15 NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM
| Player | Team | First (2 pt) | Second (1 Pt) | Total |
| Andrew Wiggins | Minnesota | 130 | - | 260 |
| Nikola Mirotic | Chicago | 128 | 2 | 258 |
| Nerlens Noel | Philadelphia | 125 | 2 | 252 |
| Elfrid Payton | Orlando | 121 | 8 | 250 |
| Jordan Clarkson | L.A. Lakers | 74 | 52 | 200 |
2014-15 NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM
| Player | Team | First (2 pt) | Second (1 Pt) | Total |
| Marcus Smart | Boston | 28 | 86 | 142 |
| Zach LaVine | Minnesota | 22 | 91 | 135 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | Brooklyn | 7 | 93 | 107 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | Denver | 3 | 91 | 97 |
| Langston Galloway | New York | 7 | 58 | 72 |
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